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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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